Collaborators


•Current Postdoctoral scholars:

• Diego Lobos (2024-2026) Working on fieldwork for the NSF-funded CHILCO project at Cordon Caulle volcano, Chile as well as NASA projects.


•Former postdoctoral scholars

• Federico Galetto (2021-2025) Worked on several NASA funded projects related to global eruptive flux and the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program.  Currently at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy

Kevin Reath (2016-2020) NASA-supported postdoctoral scholar and USGS Powell Center Fellow; currently the Deputy Program Manager for the NASA Earth Surface and Interior Program

Francisco Delgado (2018): Spent a few months working on the Cordon Caulle volcano project funded by NSF.  See career path under former graduate students.

Scott Henderson (2016) Volcano geodesy and ground deformation in east Africa from the SEGMENT project; currently a Research Scientist at the University of Washington; Also worked at  Chevron; Postdoctoral Scholar at the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia; postdoc at Cornell; 

 * Julie Elliott (2011-2013): Glaciology and tectonic geodesy; currently at Michigan State University 

  * Mike Willis (2009-2012): Glacier remote sensing; Postdoc then a Cornell Research Associate (2012-2016) and Adjunct Assistant Research Professor, University of North Carolina; Assistant Professor  at the University of Colorado, Boulder; now Associate Professor at Virginia Tech

   * Tom Fournier (2008-2009): Tectonic and volcano geodesy; now at Shell OIl Company

    * Noah Finnegan: (2006-2008) Intersection between geomorphology and geodesy; now an Associate Professor at UC Santa Cruz 


• Current Graduate students:

    • Andie Gomez-Patron (Ph.D. expected 2026) Volcanology

 

• Former Graduate students:

     •Alonzo Olitt (M.S. 2025) Volcanology; Now a PhD student in geophysics at UCLA

    •Gisela Noguera (M.S. 2025) Remote Sensing for Wildfires

    • Diego Lobos (Ph.D. 2024) Hydrogeodesy and Volcanology: Now a postdoc at Cornell

    • Elizabeth Eiden (Ph.D. 2024) Volcanology: Now a Mendenhall postdoctoral fellow with the USGS Landslide Hazards Team

   • Patricia MacQueen (Ph.D. 2022) Volcano geophysics: Now a Geophysicist with the USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center in Lakewood, CO

* Olaf Gustafson (Ph.D. 2020): Lunar remote sensing; Completed degree as an employee in the Cornell Facilities Engineering and continues to work on the Cornell Earth Source Heat project.

  * Whyjay Zheng (Ph.D. 2020) Glacier remote sensing;  Postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley; now Assistant Professor at National Central University, Taiwan Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research

 * Joey Durkin (Ph.D. 2019): Glacier and interaction with the solid Earth: Byrd postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University; now works at Mitre Corporation 

   * Francisco Delgado (Ph.D. 2018):  Volcanology; currently Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Chile, formerly a postdoc at Équipe de Tectonique et Mécanique de la Litosphère at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

     * Maria Furtney (M.S. 2016) Volcanology; Worked for the Washington Geological Survey; now a Full Stack UI Engineer for SciTec in Boulder, CO

  * Scott Henderson (Ph.D. 2015): Volcanology; see career path under former postdocs

    * Andrew Melkonian (M.S., 2011; Ph.D. 2015): Glacier Remote Sensing, now works as a computer programmer at Tessella, Inc.  

    * Holly Taylor (M.S. defended 2014): Geothermal ground deformation; now works at the Boston Museum of Science

   * Jennifer Jay (Ph.D., 2014): Volcanology; was a postdoc with the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution

  * Stephen Holtkamp (M.S., 2009: co-advised with Rowena Lohman): Subduction zone earthquake cycle;  Ph.D. from Miami University, NSF postdoc at University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), now a Research Assistant Professor at UAF


• Undergraduate students (62), from Cornell unless otherwise noted  

•Rose Barris (2024-2026)

 Samuel Lee (2024) from Rutgers-Newark, CorGGLE program 

 Sadé Miller (2024) from SUNY-Oneonta, CorGGLE program 

• Lauren Michel (2023-2025)

• Austin Wada (2023) from UCSF, CorGGLE program

• Jiada Valenza (2023) from Hunter College, CorGGLE program

• Hugh Peng (2022-2024)

• Madeline Fresonke (2022)

• Chloe Crothers (2022) from SUNY Oneonta, CorGGLE program

• Laura Zapata (2022) from UCLA, CorGGLE program

• Nell Nicastro (2022-2023) 

• Rochelle Duato (2022) 

• Abigail Downs (2022-2023) 

•Luke Jackson (2021-2022)

• Lin Way, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore (2020-2021)

• Maia Zhang (2020-2021)

• Zachary Katz (2020-2021)

• Jerry Meyer (2020)

* Savannah Ferretti (2019-2020)

* Jane Suhey (2019-2020)

* Kieran Gallager (2019)

* Leena Sen (2019-2020) - Senior thesis

* Linden Wike (2019)

* Harrison Tran (2018-2019)

* Karen Papazian (2018-2019) 

* Emily Boedo (2018-2019) 

 * Alex Styler (2017) 

 * Allison Alcott (2017-2018)

  * Samantha Moruzzi (2017-2018)

  * Nicole Abib (2015-2016) - Senior thesis

  * Alana Semple (2012-2015) - Senior thesis 

  * Garth Ornelas, Southwestern University (RESESS intern, 2014)

  * Sam Nadell (2013-2014)

  * Jennifer Cooper (2013-2014) - Senior thesis

  * Adam Stewart (2013-2014)- Senior thesis

  * Ian Moskal (2012-2013)

  * David Krzesni, New Mexico Tech (IRIS intern, 2012)

  * Mary Pisaniello (2012)

  * Travis Duran (2012)

   *Neesha Schnepf (2011-2013)- Senior thesis

    *Eva Golos (2011-2013)- Senior thesis

    *Mark Welch (2011-2012)

    *Andreas Mavrommatis (2011)- Senior thesis

    * Vivian Lin (2010)

    * Nicki Button (2010-2012)

    * Marissa Mnich (2009-2010)

    * Peter Mares (2009-2010)

    * Christopher House (NASA intern, 2009)

    * Nathan Williams (2009-2011)

    * Grace DiCinti, RPI (NASA intern, 2008)

    * Sasha Bernstein (2008-2011)

    * Erika Knight (2007-2009)

    * Susan Riddick (NASA intern, 2007-2009)

    * Nikhil Chandra (2007)

    * Sarah Menassian (2006-2007, advised with Mike Poland, HVO)

    * Lisa Tumia (2006)

    * Eric Trautmann, Dartmouth (NASA intern, 2006)

    * Tess Brandon (2005) 


• Faculty: (Co-investigators on active or pending proposals)

    * I am a member of INSTOC (Institute for the Study of Continents): A group of Cornell faculty and affiliates that organizes short courses and workshops

  * Global Deformation Database Task Force  

  • Volcano Remote Sensing Working Group of the USGS Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis

• CEOS Volcano Pilot Project for Latin America  

  • SEGMent project (NSF Continental Dynamics project to study early continental rifting in East Africa)

    * Uturuncu NSF project: Scott Henderson (U. Washington); Tobias Fischer (U. New Mexico) and Jo Gottsmann, Jon Blundy, Mike Kendall (all University of Bristol)

   • NSF project on Cordon Caulle, Chile eruption: Helge Gonnermann (Rice University) and Philipp Ruprech (University of Nevada, Reno)

    * Rowena Lohman: Observations and models of crustal deformation

   • Cornell Earth Source Heat project — project in the early stages to consider drilling  4-5 km to provide heat for the Cornell Campus.

  

  

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